News

What could have motivated Lance Armstrong to cheat?
In the wake of the Lance Armstrong confession, the question on peoples minds is why do athlete risk their own health to cheat? The history of professional cycling is rife with doping scandals involving many top named cyclists including the likes of Contador, Valverde and Schleck. So what is the...
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Performance

Coaching Effectiveness
As a committed and passionate coach, you probably care deeply about the success of your team.  But how do you define “success” for your team?  Different coaches define “success” in...
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Athlete Development

The psychology of the pre-patch possession warm-up
I had never really given much thought to football warm-ups. The process I believed was quite simple. After you have sent the goalkeeper with the goalkeeper coach (or with a...
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Athlete Development

Youth Sport: is it all about enjoyment? A developmental perspective
It has often been said that the most important thing children gain from sport is enjoyment. However, youth sport additionally plays a huge role in the personal development of children...
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Exercise Psychology

How can gyms encourage new members to keep coming?
About 18 months ago a high court rulingdeemed lengthy gym membership contract tie-ins unfair. This may well have been one reason for the recent increase (in the UK at least) of...
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Mental Health

The anorexic athlete: Transforming struggles into strengths
An estimated 1.6 million people suffer from an eating disorder in the UK– 6.4% of the adult population, and the prevalence is even higher amongst athletes. Key Features of Anorexia...
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Mental Health

Helping footballers open up about their mental health
According to recent research it appears that professional footballers are in fact real human beings, with real emotions and accordingly, a capacity for mental health problems. Although the domain of...
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Applied Sport Psychology

Applying positivity in sport
Positivism is a framework in psychology that encompasses positive emotions in a re-evaluation of strengths and weaknesses. Researchers such as Eid and Larson (2008), and Lyumbomrisky and colleagues have focused...
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Applied Sport Psychology

The paradox of trying
“You never fail until you stop trying”. This is famous quote by Albert Einstein. It is used for motivation, for recovery from setbacks and, until recently, I loved the ‘never...
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Theories

Officials need more focus in the world of sports psychology
Sports psychology, as thesportinmind.com knows, is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. The ever-growing financial, mental and emotional pressures placed on athletes is leading to a more...
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